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coca definition

coca (kō′kə)

noun

  1. any of a genus (Erythroxylon, esp. E. coca) of tropical, mostly American shrubs of the coca family, whose dried leaves are the source of cocaine and other alkaloids
  2. these dried leaves

Etymology: Sp < Quechuan cuca

adjective

designating a family (Erythroxylaceae, order Linales) of dicotyledonous shrubs and trees

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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